Definition

The completion rate is the percentage of students from a class of
beginning ninth graders who complete their high school education by
their anticipated graduation date. Completion may be defined as
graduating, continuing in high school in the fall after graduation was
expected, or receiving a General Educational Development (GED)
certificate. The completion I rate consists of students who have
graduated or continued in high school. The completion II rate consists
of students who have graduated, continued in high school, or received
GED certificates. Students who enter the Texas public school system on
grade level are added to the class, and students who leave the system
for reasons other than graduating, receiving a GED certificate, or
dropping out, or who could not be tracked from year to year, are
subtracted. A longitudinal dropout rate is the percentage of students
from the same class who drop out before completing their high school
education. Dropouts are counted according to the definitions in place
the years they drop out.

The
Division of Research and Analysis calculates the four-year longitudinal rate
for graduates by dividing the number of students who graduated by the number of students in the class:

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